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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1906
Page
7
The House advanced the Moore aldermanic bill returning Boston to district based nominations and elections with one alderman per district except District 10 which will elect two. The plan lists district boundaries by combined wards and no alderman at large. Other bills include telegraph and telephone state supervision and a Boston daily law journal.
The bill to place telephone and telegraph companies under the supervision of the State Highway Commission was ordered to a third reading.
The petition to restrict arrests without warrants for violations of city ordinances was recommitted to the judiciary committee after an adverse report from the previous review.
The bill to prohibit advertisements concerning certain afflictions was passed to be engrossed without debate and without division.
Suffolk Middlesex Norfolk and Essex courts to have trial lists published in a Boston law journal. bill engrossment ordered. Dorchester Bay dredging bill reported by committee on harbors and public lands. project from Savin Hill to Commercial Point costs cap of $10,000.
The committee on cities reports leave to withdraw petitions to authorize a special census in New Bedford and Springfield. Bills on the general anti monopoly topic target ice and coal trusts and will go to the judiciary committee. Moody Boynton's bid to revive the Boston and Fall River bicycle railway charter failed by a 13 to 13 tie in the Senate.
The House yesterday without debate passed a new patent medicine bill that imposes limits on cocaine products. The law becomes effective on September 1, 1906.
The Public Franchise League of Boston voiced approval as the elevated road bill for Cambridge and the bridge route nears completion. Louis D. Brandeis and city counsel Babson praised the plan’s responsiveness while noting a river crossing issue and a possible small land parcel adjustment with Boston & Maine input.
An advertisement for Scott and Bowne promotes Scott's Emulsion as superior nourishment that digests easily and improves digestion. It claims the product helps run down individuals by enabling ordinary food to nourish effectively and invites readers to try it.
The Boston figure notes he began in college selecting class day officers. A Post interview recalls his shift to politics after leaving a state position for a Washington appointment about a year or so ago. The conversation highlights his early entry into public life and career path.
A reader urges abolition of capital punishment and argues for commuting Tucker's sentence. The letter asserts if Tucker is innocent he should receive life, and even if guilty hopes Governor Guild will grant clemency as a moral act for humanity.
A letter from Boston argues Massachusetts population estimates and signs for Tucker’s petition should come from residents, urging support for law and order. It defends capital punishment, praises legislators, and cautions sympathy for criminals while urging stern justice after fair trials.
The speaker declares Sir-Tucker guilty of murder based on circumstantial evidence but opposes capital punishment on moral and policy grounds. He argues the state has no right to take life and that the life penalty offers no real advantage, calling capital punishment a man-made law contrary to divine moral law.
A letter argues for commuting Tucker's death sentence citing doubt of first degree murder and divided legal views on circumstantial evidence. It notes thousands of professionals signed a petition urging justice. The writer signs as T. C.
The speaker defends the Massachusetts jury verdict against Charles L. Tucker describing the trial as fair and arguing for no commutation to life imprisonment. He notes sympathy for Tucker while contrasting western protests over Hoch’s hanging and predicts Governor Guild’s final decision will reveal the petitions' value.
A letter questions justice in Tucker’s murder case arguing society bears responsibility for criminal character and slow starvation murders by trust magnates. The writer urges commuting Tucker’s death sentence to life imprisonment.
A Post letter quotes Tucker’s grandmother claiming he left the house before 10 and returned twice that morning. The writer accuses fraud in court facts about Mabel Page’s murder between 11 and 12 and asserts Tucker’s guilt citing erratic temperament and a plan to steal.
A citizen urges the Governor to commute the sentence of Charles I Tucker citing doubts in expert handwriting testimony and arguing that mercy would serve justice and the Commonwealth. The writer stresses not yielding to those clamoring for the defendant's life.
The Rev. William Copley Winslow asserts multiple witnesses support Charles Tucker’s innocence in the Mabel Page murder. He cites Brian Fish, Mrs. Fish, Dr. Hayes, Amy Roberts, Mrs. H. B. Freeman, Alice Hubbard, and Mr. Page in disputing blood and pin evidence.
Washington April 13 Lieutenant General Bates will retire at noon and Major General Henry C Corbin will succeed to the rank of lieutenant general. He will serve only during the summer and will be followed by Major General MacArthur.
Fred A. Walker of Ward 5 resigns from the post of second assistant assessor after a dispute over his appointment. Warren B. Hadley, also of Ward 5, is promptly confirmed by the Mayor to succeed him. The row centered on Republican ward committee consultations and local party custom.
A group of Maryland representatives tours Boston inspecting Massachusetts methods in lawmaking. They plan visits to fish hatcheries metropolitan parks and the water system as part of their study mission.
A. B. questions petition signers and public opinion, asking if signers grasp the crime’s impact on victims and whether a misinformed public can undermine long trials and verdicts. He worries about calls to free criminals through hasty public sentiment.
Boston sisters Elvira and Susan Leveroni, noted in musical circles, are near Vesuvius with brother in law A A Badaracco receiving their cable saying Out of danger They left Boston Feb 18 1904 for Naples and settled at Rezina on the volcano slopes Elvira had just finished a three month engagement in Messina and described the volcano as a frightened person at night and a daring one at day with the night scene called the most beautiful nature can show.
Mrs Lillian L Littlefield of Adams Street faces an divorce suit from Ephraim Littlefield of Avon on desertion charges amid bitter disputes with rival Mrs Alice M Abbott of Brockton who previously sued for 5000 dollars for alienation of affection and won 500 dollars. Mrs Littlefield has since remained in Quincy running a boarding house.
In Lenox four men prepare to launch the largest American balloon from Pittsfield with 55000 cubic feet of capacity. Participants include Count de la Vaulx Captain Homer W Hedges Augustus Post and Alan R Hawley joined by John Rockefeller Jr and a party of 50. Weather permitting the start is 10 a m with Post recording temperature and barometric data for Blue Hill Observatory.
April 18 dispatches state three hundred Russian troops arrived from Pekin this morning. One thousand one hundred Japanese troops were expected April 16. The remainder of German troops were to embark today.
W A Rudd manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Boston died last night at Boothby Hospital after a recent operation.
Commissioner George Railton founder of the Salvation Army in the United States arrived in Chicago on a return trip to London from Japan where he studied the Mikado's kingdom. He said the army already wields influence in Japan.
Boston Hebrews observed the fourth day of Passover with special services at multiple synagogues. Cantor L. Hilman led at North Russel Street, Rabbi S. Frierman at Baldwin Place, Rabbi Lith at Ohel Jacob East Boston, and Rabbi Zirk at Walnut Street. All synagogues plan further services as Chalemaint ends at sundown tomorrow.
In Montpelier Vermont April 18 a special grand jury returned an indictment charging Raymond Mullin of Barre with the murder of Fred Batchelder of Barre on March 16. Mullin, a professional nurse, allegedly poisoned Batchelder with contaminated food, causing death.
The Young Men’s Zionist Club will stage a concert and ball on Wednesday evening April 2 at Commonwealth Hall East Boston to raise funds for the Hebrew Free School.
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